Frederik Pleitgen

{{Short description|German journalist (born 1976)}}

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| birth_place = Cologne, West Germany

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| occupation = Journalist

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| employer = CNN

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| father = Fritz Pleitgen

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Frederik Pleitgen (born 19 August 1976,{{cite web | title="Die Hardcore-Islamisten sind auf dem Vormarsch" | website=n-tv.de | date=13 December 2013 | url=https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Interview-zur-Lage-in-Syrien-Die-Hardcore-Islamisten-sind-auf-dem-Vormarsch-article11895211.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=One World with Zain Asher |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ow/date/2024-08-19/segment/01 |access-date=2024-08-19 |publisher=CNN |type=Transcript}} in Cologne{{cite web | last=Phillips | first=Joseph | title=Frederik Pleitgen Ehefrau | website=GazetteBlaster | date=3 June 2022 | url=https://gazetteblaster.com/frederik-pleitgen-ehefrau/ | access-date=2 December 2023}}) is a German journalist and correspondent for CNN International.{{Cite news |last=Raabe |first=Mathias |date=17 January 2007 |title=Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN |language=de |work=Berliner Zeitung |url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/frederik-pleitgen-sohn-des-wdr-intendanten-fritz-pleitgen-leitet-das-hauptstadtbuero-des-us-senders-das-berliner-gesicht-von-cnn-li.12163 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106101432/http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2007/0118/lokales/0036/index.html |archive-date=6 November 2007}}

Pleitgen studied North American studies at the University of Bonn and at Free University Berlin.{{cite web | title=Frederik Pleitgen | website=Hanns-Joachim-Friedrichs-Preis | url=https://www.hanns-joachim-friedrichs.de/index.php/frederik-pleitgen.html | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}} Pleitgen also spent one year studying at the School of Journalism at New York University. He worked for German television broadcasters ZDF and RTL as well as German news channel n-tv before joining CNN in 2006.{{Cite web |title=Frederik Pleitgen |url=https://edition.cnn.com/profiles/frederik-pleitgen |publisher=CNN}}{{Cite web |title=Frederik Pleitgen – Senior International Correspondent |url=https://www.cnn.com/profiles/frederik-pleitgen |publisher=CNN |language=en}} In Paris, he covered the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo shooting.{{cite web | title=See how the Hebdo suspects were taken down | website=CNN | date=9 January 2015 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/01/09/pleitgen-standoff-end-wrap.cnn | access-date=2 December 2023}}{{cite web | title=Two suspects still at large for Charlie Hebdo attack | website=CNN | date=8 January 2015 | url=https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/01/08/es-lklv-pleitgen-paris-shooting-update-thursday.cnn | access-date=2 December 2023}}

Pleitgen lives in Berlin.{{cite web | title=Frederik Pleitgen, Sohn des WDR-Intendanten Fritz Pleitgen, leitet das Hauptstadtbüro des US Senders: Das Berliner Gesicht von CNN | website=Berliner Zeitung | date=17 January 2007 | url=https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/frederik-pleitgen-sohn-des-wdr-intendanten-fritz-pleitgen-leitet-das-hauptstadtbuero-des-us-senders-das-berliner-gesicht-von-cnn-li.12163 | language=de | access-date=2 December 2023}}

He is the son of German journalist and former director of public broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Fritz Pleitgen.{{Cite magazine |date=16 September 2022 |title=Fritz Pleitgen ist tot: Lange Jahre WDR-Intendant |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/fritz-pleitgen-ist-tot-lange-jahre-wdr-intendant-a-7036d8b1-ac1e-45bd-b8f1-197a15983ec1 |magazine=Der Spiegel |language=de |issn=2195-1349 |access-date=25 July 2023}}